The Reborn Sidekick Rejected The Male Lead
Chapter 266 - 256: Coming for the House

Chapter 266: Chapter 256: Coming for the House

Half a year had passed, and the streets here were lively, not because there were many shops, but because there were many people moving back and forth.

Some families were busy searching for houses, mainly because good houses were hard to find now.

The two of them arrived at the Xue Family’s door with their luggage. The gate was open, but Grandma Xue was nowhere to be seen in the courtyard. Seeing the main room’s door wide open, Xue Jianian called out for Grandma Xue from outside.

However, what came out were the people from the Liu Family who lived up front and Zhao Shun from the countryside. Three members of the Liu Family were present, and a young woman accompanied Zhao Shun.

Seeing the two of them return, they directly walked out from inside and said to them, "You’re back just in time. We’re not selling the house anymore, and the money has already been returned to your grandpa."

The words of the Liu Family’s people left the two newcomers somewhat confused. Xue Jianian uncertainly asked, "What?"

The woman with Zhao Shun, looking up with an attitude that was difficult to speak to, said, "Regarding the house by the pond from before, we have decided not to sell it anymore. When we previously visited your home, only the two elderly were there, who could not make the decision. Now that you two have returned, it’s perfect. We’ve given the money back to you today." She then lifted her wrist to check the time on her watch and said, "Right now, the housing authority is still open, so let’s go together and transfer the homeownership back to us."

Lu Jingqiu listened for a while and finally understood the situation. The house had been expropriated, and now they were having second thoughts, wanting it back. She could not help but sneer at their sense of entitlement, "When we bought the house, everything was made clear. Once sold, it belonged to us, with the transaction completed. After more than half a year of owning the house, you now have buyer’s remorse and want it back. Are you daydreaming?

What, did you see us young people not at home and decide to come here to bully the elderly? And you even want to push through with a forced sale? Niannian, call the police."

Xue Jianian stepped forward and took hold of Grandpa Xue and Grandma Xue, saying, "Grandma, did they give you a hard time?"

Grandma Xue sighed and didn’t answer, but addressed those people, "Even with our granddaughters back, we will not agree to your request. If you keep pestering us like this, we really are going to call the police."

Zhao Shun was an honest man from the countryside. Hearing the threat to call the police, he quickly grabbed his new wife and said they wanted to leave, adding, "We don’t want it anymore, we don’t want it."

As soon as Zhao Shun’s wife heard this, she glared at him in anger, although she also had no wish to deal with the police.

Seeing Zhao Shun and his wife leave, the Liu Family followed suit. As they were leaving, they didn’t forget to remind the Xue Family, "Old Man Xue, whether you like it or not, you’ll have to give back the house. When we sold it in the first place, we were tricked by you. If you don’t give it back to us, I’ll go to the factory. Don’t forget that you’re just an old gatekeeper who’s been at the factory for only a couple of years."

The last remark from Old Man Liu was clearly a threat, and Xue Jianian, who had never encountered such bullying, felt panicked. She hadn’t been in the area for a long time, and it was fortunate she was on holiday and had come back.

If she hadn’t been home, who knows how these people might have bullied Grandpa Xue and Grandma Xue.

Once those people had left, Xue Jianian quickly closed the front gate and, anxiously pulling Grandpa Xue and Grandma Xue aside, asked, "Grandpa, Grandma, did they bully you?"

Grandpa Xue shook his head, "They wouldn’t dare bully us two old people from the Liu Family. But they are dead set on getting that house back, and that’s a bit troublesome. Sigh, mainly because we have no backing. If we give in to these two families, then I’m afraid Director Wang from the factory and his relatives will also demand the same, and there’s another family. Although they haven’t caused a fuss, they’ll probably expect something too."

Lu Jingqiu said, "It’s not just about the house, is it? Does the factory also want to take back the pond?"

Suddenly, Grandpa Xue fell silent, and Lu Jingqiu realized it wouldn’t be so straightforward. She hadn’t expected it to be this difficult.

She couldn’t easily give up the house that she had gone to great lengths to buy.

Facing such significant interests, no one would give in, especially since they were the ones in the right.

The excitement she felt on the way home had now been doused with a chilling disappointment.

Grandpa Xue invited the two inside to discuss what to do next.

Grandma Xue said angrily, "We need to discuss how to deal with this, in any case, we cannot return the house. When we bought it, they were the ones urging us to buy it. Over the past half-year, we’ve also been busy with the pond and that cost us a fair amount of money."

It’s true, these people are only being so arrogant because they see that our family has no one to stand up for us.

Grandpa Xue seemed quite calm as he comforted them, then said to Grandma Xue, "The kids have been on the train for so many days, they are tired and hungry."

Only then did Grandma Xue say, "Right, right, I’ll go boil some water. You two take a bath first, and then I’ll make you some soup. You definitely haven’t eaten well on the train."

Lu Jingqiu and Xue Jianian smiled at each other. They had eaten much better on the train than others could imagine, having everything they wanted to eat.

After the two entered the house with Grandpa Xue, he thoroughly explained the situation over the past few days.

"The businessman’s terms are that he won’t agree to the eight units you want, but he has made some adjustments on top of the previous offer. He will give you six units for the pond: two three-bedroom units, two two-bedroom ones, and two studios, while the rest of the houses remain unchanged."

Xue Jianian hadn’t expected them to actually offer an additional unit: "They added an extra studio, but if we don’t agree, do you think they might add another one?"

Lu Jingqiu shook her head, "Six units it is. When I asked for eight units, I was inflating the number. Without doing that, where is there room to negotiate?"

Grandpa Xue nodded in agreement, "Jingqiu is right, securing six units for the pond is not bad. Those businessmen are also very calculating, if we’re too greedy, they might not even want our land anymore.

Moreover, the land belongs to the factory. I’ve heard from Director Wang that his relative is having second thoughts, but Director Wang is keeping things under control for now."

"Director Wang is reasonable, unlike the Liu and Zhao Families. When Old Man Liu was selling the house, his smile, his eagerness, was completely different from the face he’s showing now."

Xue Jianian complained in this way, making Lu Jingqiu unable to hold back a burst of laughter. Fortunately, she caught herself and, after a light cough, added, "Grandpa Xue, does that mean there’s no problem with Director Wang’s relative, and now it’s just the Liu Family and Zhao Family making trouble?"

Grandpa Xue nodded, "Both families are just commoners fighting over a little profit, they’ll regret it, but we won’t yield. However, recently some leaders at the factory have been complaining about the factory director, saying that the pond was left untouched for so long and then all of a sudden it was sold before the new year. They’re suggesting that the factory director knew something, that he was unable to manipulate the situation himself, so he found us to collaborate and bought the pond, just waiting for someone to come build apartment blocks, claiming that once the houses are distributed, there will definitely be issues concerning the factory director."

Both of them were quite shocked by this, "They have quite the imagination, what is the factory director’s stance on this?"

Grandpa Xue said, "The factory director hasn’t said much."

Xue Jianian patted her chest, "That’s good, that’s good. If so many people wanted it back, it would be too much for us to handle."